Power Supply

Will any power supply work with any motherboard/processor or does it have to be a certain type? If you need to know the motherboard, processor, and power supply that i'm thinking of buying I can post the links. Thank you.

 

you want one with atleast 25 amps on 12 v rail prefereably more depending on hardware you have.

 

the one i'm getting is part of a comp. case and it says that it has 420W and 12V, nothing about amps but i'm guessing I can do 420W/12V to get the amps, correct?

 

send me link maybe I can find out

 

here is the link to the case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146001 but it also has the information about the power supply that comes with it

 

roger that power supply only has 17 amps on the 12 v rail. no name power supply. wouldnt trust my build to it

 

so i should buy a seperate power supply? because i really want that case

 

yes I would. If you're budget minded then go for something like this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182046
if not then maybe something like this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371002

 

well the budget is not that big of a deal, and i do plan on playing games with the comp, so i would probably want to use that second one, right?

 

yes i run this one for my rig
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371001

 

ok thanks for the info, one more question, my parents have an IBM comp thats about 11 years old and the motherboard has gone bad, we're thinking of buying a new motherboard for it, i heard that the power supply for that comp won't work with another motherboard, the only reason i can think of is that the plug that goes into the motherboard is different for IBM comps, is any of that true or is the guy that i talked to just trying to sell me a new power supply so he can make money?

 

the older systems run on different power requirements. 11 years is the stoneage in pc's

 

ok thanks again for the information

 

for a build for parents try this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147030
case 60
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130542
motherboard 47
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103747
processor 83
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145568
ram 40
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136119
burner 28
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145082
80 gig hd 41
total 299 then just add windows
hope that helps

 

well we would probably buy them a new computer instead of building one, the only reason i'm building one for myself is because i know what i buy in the stores won't be what i need, but thanks anyway

 

There have been numerous types of power supplys, notably AT and ATX. AT's are the older units. There are adaptors that will allow newer power supplies to fit older boards, I have one myself (my BBS uses a K6 200Mhz MB/CPU). You would also need a power supply from what I've read.

They aren't the only ones out there, just the most common.

 

Alright thank you